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Article content By Myriam Steinberg, illustrations by Christache | Page Two Books $29.95 | 246pp When Myriam Steinberg turned 40, she decided she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mother. The multi-year journey that followed that choice was neither straightforward nor simple to reach the desired outcome. The Vancouver-based visual artist and event organizer found herself on an epic personal quest to have a child. Immersed in the TTC — Trying to Conceive — world. Her adventures and misadventures towards becoming a “single mom by choice” comprise the powerful graphi...

Key Track: Sister Flower. It’s hard to decide where to start discussing Kízis’ new album. With over 50 collaborators on 36 songs, the album spans nearly four hours. So it might not be one of those play from front to finish records. Instead, this work of incredible depth from the Montreal-based Algonquin two-spirited composer/singer is best consumed in parts to fully appreciate both the immediacy and joy of the effort. It doesn’t really come as any surprise that collaborators include composer Owen Pallett, groundbreaking vocalist Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Cub Sports’ Ti...

Key Track: While We Wait Following up her JUNO Award-winning sophomore album Stay Tuned!, Montreal singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé dives even deeper into the classic soul, jazz and blues that serve as her primary muse. Taking those influences into the future produces a contemporary groove that is along the lines of similarly powerful and inspired composers such as Laura Mvula and others. Each of her records has delved into the roots of African-American music and culture, with Three Little Words winding up the trilogy. If her debut looked at history and sorrow and Stay Tuned! the Civi...